With the unveling of the new iPad 9.7 yesterday there were other iPad events taking place as well which have taken effect already, notably Apple dropping the iPad mini 2 from their lineup, as well as dropping the 32GB version of the iPad mini 4. The move is similar to the one made by Apple in September, when Apple dropped all the 16GB iPads and replaced them with 32GB iPads … more…

Apple announced the new Apple iPad 9.7 today, which is the successor to the Apple iPad Air 2. The new iPad 9.7 sees a significant price cut so that it now starts at $329 for a 32GB Wi-Fi model. The new 7th generation iPad 9.7 will start taking pre-orders on March 24 and then be released from March 31: https://www.amazon.com/Apple-iPad-WiFi-Space-grey The official name is now simply “iPad 9.7” but if … more…

Good news for Apple iPad fans, or at least good leaks with a very high degree of probability, after Digitimes wrote today that Apple has started the production of the much anticipated upcoming iPad Pro 10.5 now in March. Previously over the last 6 weeks it had been heard that all new iPads this year had been pushed back to a May-June timetable, but it now looks as if there … more…

This definitely and by far the thinnest possible rumor we have ever given any cover of, but at the same time it could be real. Either way, MARC_intosh on Twitter wonders if not the the first official sighting of something iPad Pro 10.5 related have turned up, through a Spanish accessories distributor, where two folio covers for the iPad Pro 10.5 in blue and pink can be seen, along with … more…

Here’s a quick look at the most popular new iPad apps in March in the United States, starting with the free apps. #1 Justice League Action Run Released by DC Comics now in March, this iPad app is also the most popular free iPad app in March. #2 Six! Six! was developed by Gram Games who have enjoyed success with their iPad apps before, and with Six! still being one … more…

Forbes has an article this week, where Brooke Crothers quotes Rhoda Alexander who is director of tablets and PCs at IHS Markit, and she is quoted saying she expects Apple’s new sized iPad to come in at 10.5 inches, something that have been mentioned for a year. But what’s new is the display resolution, which she expects to be 2224 x 1668. So that’s a first. Alexander expects the cheaper … more…

Digitimes is quoting supply chain insiders in Asia this week, who based on what they have seen, believes that there is a chance that the upcoming new Apple iPads for 2017 may not be announced or launched before the second half of 2017. Up until now, based on the predictions of financial analysts covering Apple, it had been believed that the first new iPads would be launched in March. And … more…

The round physical home button as we know it on iPads may soon become history altogether, even though the iPad home button have been seeing some evolutionary changes from time to time as well. This latest iPad claim comes from Mac Otakara via MacRumors, who have been right in 2/3’s of iPad leaks before. The belief is that the 10.9-inch iPad will be the first iPad to not feature a … more…

It was first leaked/tipped/rumored in August, but today we seemed to get some real substance behind the leak, that the as of yet unofficial Apple iPad 10.5 will be launched in 2017. So this is the first new iPad size that will be sold alongside the existing 7.9-inch iPads, 9.7-inch iPads, and the 12.9-inch iPad. It was Digitimes who delivered the news today, that Apple’s supply chain sources in Taiwan … more…

Some new exciting iPad rumors for 2017 have come out, of which half of it is in line with previous rumors and leaks, while the other half is new. Most exciting is the belief that the first 10-inch iPad will be a bezel-free 10.9-inch iPad, and that the next line of iPads will be unveiled in March 2017. The rumors or leaks originates from a research note by financial Barclays … more…

A purported Geekbench 4 benchmark for a potentially upcoming Apple A10X chip for some of the next iPads may have been leaked in August, according to the beliefs of Dutch website Techstatic. The claim is that a reliable source leaked onto their Weibo account the single-core and multi-core scores, which came in at 4236 and 6588 respectively. By comparison, the new iPhone 7 with the 2.34 GHz A10 chipset typically … more…

The Japanese blog Mac Otakara have launched a new rumor about the next iPads that are a bit different from the expectations of respected Apple stock analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The new iPad rumors have a fifty-fifty chance of being true, with Mac Otakara having a mixed track record with its various Apple rumors, as MacRumors rightly says. The Mac Otakara rumors states that 4 new iPads will be launched in … more…

iOS 10 is officially released by Apple today on September 13, and is available on 8 of the newest iPads that have been released. Apple have released as many as 12 iPads over the years, so basically it is just the first 4 iPads that are not eligible for the latest iOS 10. iOS 10 compatible iPads include iPad Pro 12.9, iPad pro 9.7, iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad … more…

With the famed Apple event this week being over, where Apple as expected dropped the 3.5 mm audio combo jack on the new iPhone in favor of next generation wireless earphones, we did not get to see a new iPad. But that wasn’t expected either. What we did get however was new prices from Apple for the 5 different iPad tablets. Basically you can get more storage on an iPad … more…

Macrumors is now quoting famed Apple stock analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has indicated that for 2017, Apple might introduce an additional 10.5-inch iPad Pro. Currently the iPad Pro tablets are 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch in dimensions, so a 10.5-inch iPad would be something new. In Kuo’s latest research report, he says that the new iPad Pro 10.5 will be on the market alongside the 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models. It … more…

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